Baby rompers or creepers.



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APPLICATION map, JUNE 4. 1915,

P mcen tedfJuly {1, 19 16.

To all whom cit-may concern:

H THEODOCIA BATES, F SASAKWA, OliiLAHOMA.

BABY ROMPERS OR 'GREEFERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented July 4,1916.

A nea... med June 4, 915. Serial No. 32,13.

Be it known that I, THEODOCIA BATES, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Y Sasakwa, in the county of Seminole and- State of Oklahoma, have invented certain.-

new and useful Improvements in "Baby Rompers or Creepers; and I 'dojhereby declare the following to be a' full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to which it. appertains to make anduse the same.

This invention relates to baby rompers or creepers and the principal object of the inven'tion is to provide a gan'nen't of simple construction to be placed upon a baby before it can walk, and to provide 'knee caps or pads attached to the garment'for preventing the wearing out of the stockings or injuring the knees of the'baby. The foregoing and other objects of the invention may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in 'the'accompany ing drawing, in which I Figure 'lis a front elevation of a baby;

creeper made in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the the legs of the wearer. The creeper is prefsame, Fig. 3-is a'sectional view through one o the knee caps or pads, Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line L-4 of Fig. 1 Fig. 5

is a vie'w looking at the inner side of one of the'knee' caps or pads, and Fig. 6' is a detail f justment to the first named straps, said pads a cover, padding, and tapes for sectional view taken on the .line 6 6 of 'Fig.2. p 3 Referring to the drawing, thenumeral 1- designates the front portion ofthe creeper,- and 2' is the backportion thereof, said two portionsbeing connected together by in.- tegral folded or doubled portions 3 between erablymade of a water-proof fabric-,-and is provided with a suitable binding 4; The

back portion 2 is connected to the front por tion lby cords or tapes 5 near the shoulders and by similar cords or tapes 6 near the leg openings 7 At the neck the two members 8 are adapted to be pas'sedaround'the neck and may' be pinned'together or tied witha tape, if desired. The back'2 may be pro- I vided with draw-strings or-t'apes 8 to make the garment fit the child at theback. Coninjuring the knees.

' comprisin ability of the kneepads.

'nected to the front portion 1 of the garment at the leg openings 7 are elastic straps '9,

and the knee caps or pads 10 are connected to the. strap'or webbing 9 by means of buckles :11: connected to the pads 10. The pads 10 may each comprise a leather orxruber cover 12 and suitable padding 13 in the it will be obvious pads, and a cord or tape 14 passing'across I -water-proof fabric and" can -.be readily 5 cleaned, while the knee caps orpads'can be removed fromthe garment when cleaning is necessary. The knee pads will take the wear thatf-usually occurs upon the stockings of the child and willpreventthe child-from Var-io"us changes may tails of construction without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as de-.

fined inthe claims. I

a What is claimed is 1-? 1; A garment for creeping ehildren'.com prlsing a front and back portion connected together by a tape, said back portion having be made in the .de-

a draw-string in the upper edge-thereof, and

said" garment having elastic straps connected at the leg openings thereof, and pads provided'with straps andv buckles foradsecuring t e pads to the legs of the child.

2. 'A garment *for creeping children comtogether-by atape, a neck portion, said garment having elastic straps connected to the frontportion at the flegopenings thereof,

and knee pads comprising a leather cover,

8'5 prising a front and back portion connected engage the elastic straps to permit adjust In'testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two wltnesses,

THEODOQIA BATES. Witnesses D. F. MEET, JACK BROWN. 

